| Piedmont Healthcare is a private, not-for-profit organization that serves communities primarily in north Georgia but also across the state. Piedmont is the parent company of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, a 529-bed, quaternary-care facility in the north Atlanta community of Buckhead and the top acute-care community hospital in metro Atlanta in the 2011-2012 U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals list; Piedmont Fayette Hospital, a 157-bed, acute-care community hospital in Fayetteville; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, a 42-bed community hospital in Jasper; Piedmont Newnan Hospital, a 143-bed, acute-care community hospital in Newnan; and Piedmont Henry Hospital, a 215-bed acute-care community hospital in Stockbridge. Piedmont also is the parent company of Piedmont Heart Institute, comprised of nearly 100 cardiovascular specialists in over 25 locations across north Georgia; the Piedmont Physicians Group, a multi-specialty group with more than 150 primary care physicians in over 50 offices, in addition to more than 20 specialists in over 15 locations across greater Atlanta; Piedmont Clinic, a 900-member physician network; and Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic entity for private fundraising initiatives. |